Pekka Parikka (2 May 1939 – 21 March 1997) was a Finnish film director and screenwriter. His 1989 film The Winter War was entered into the 40th Berlin International Film Festival.
After the success of Talvisota (1989) Parikka was asked to come to Hollywood to direct a film. He spend there two years reading scripts, but none of them were interesting enough, so he declined all the offers that were given to him (one of them was to direct The Firm (1989)) and returned to Finland.
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Maigret
1996
TV Series 1 episode
Tie naisen sydämeen
1996
Hunajan maku
1993
TV Series 5 episodes
Varusmiehestä reserviläiseksi
1993
Documentary short
Varusmiehet
1993
Documentary short
Talvisota
1989
Pohjanmaa
1988
Arvet
1987
TV Movie
Kivisydän
1985
TV Series 4 episodes
Jäinen horisontti
1984
TV Series 6 episodes
Tasavallan ihmisiä
1983
TV Series 1 episode
Suomalaisia tunnustuksia
1982
TV Series 3 episodes
Huomenna on hyvä päivä
1982
TV Movie
Vanhempi veli
1981-1982
TV Series 5 episodes
Tosimiehiä
1980
TV Series 5 episodes
Rakas peto
1979
TV Series 8 episodes
Vanhainkotirakkautta
1978
TV Mini-Series 3 episodes
Oman onnensa seppä
1978
TV Series 5 episodes
Teollisuustyöntekijä Virtanen
1977
TV Series 3 episodes
Isältä pojalle
1977
TV Movie
Kiviset aidat
1977
TV Movie
Sirkka ja Sakari
1975-1976
TV Series 8 episodes
Sosiaalityöntekijä Virtanen
1976
TV Series 6 episodes
Hulukkoset
1967-1974
TV Series 8 episodes
Tieasioita
1971
TV Movie
Tahdon Stadiin
1969
TV Movie documentary
Murheenlaakso
1968
TV Series
Teatterituokio
TV Series 1 episode, 1967 television director - 1 episode